Questions regarding armament Paveway III & JDAM

[kotor633]

Hi@all,

If I activate 'Historical list of unity' in the mission editor and set the year to 1991, I can still select JDAMS (see screenshot). Weren't the JDAMS introduced a few years later? And doesn't the same apply to the PaveWay III? Didn't that also come later?

 

[Tholozor]

The first JDAM to enter service (GBU-31) was circa 1998, first combat usage in '99 during Operation Allied Force. The GBU-32 was added to DCS much later than the -31 and -38, so it's likely they didn't have the historical filter date set (my sources put it's IOC timeframe circa 2002).

Paveway III (GBU-24 in this case) entered service circa 1983.